Critical Care Paramedic is the first and only textbook written for the expanding field of critical care transport. Utilizing the successful format of Brady?s best-selling Paramedic Care: Principles & Practice, this text is both written and extensively reviewed by leading experts in the field. This comprehensive text addresses all aspects of critical care transport including: operations, safety, advanced pharmacodynamics, advanced physiologic monitoring, advanced airway management, medical emergencies, trauma emergencies, organ donation, and other important areas of critical care. Critical Care Paramedic will be the industry standard for critical care paramedic education and available only from Brady.
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Höhe: 282 mm
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Dicke: 41 mm
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978-0-13-119271-3 (9780131192713)
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Dr. Bryan Bledsoe is an emergency physician with a special interest in prehospital care. He received his B.S. degree from the University of Texas at Arlington and his medical degree from the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his internship at Texas Tech University and residency training at Scott and White Memorial Hospital/Texas A&M College of Medicine. Dr. Bledsoe is board certified in emergency medicine and is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at The George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Section I: Overview of Critical Care Paramedic Practice
1. The Role and Responsibilities of the Critical Care Paramedic
2. Ground Transport Systems
3. Aerial Transport Systems
4. Flight Physiology
5. Flight Safety and Personal Survival
Section II: Principles of Critical Care Paramedic Practice
6. Patient Assessment and Preparation for Transport
7. Airway Management and Ventilation
8. Shock Management and Vascular Access
9. Cardiovascular and Hemodynamic Monitoring
10. ECG Monitoring and Interpretation
11. Critical Care Pharmacology
12. Interpretation of Lab and Basic Diagnostic Tests
Section III: Trauma Emergencies
13. Overview of Trauma
14. Neurological Trauma
15. Thoracic Trauma
16. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
17. Maxillofacial, Ear, Nose, and Throat Trauma
18. Burns and Electrical Injuries
19. Orthopaedic Trauma
20. Special Patients: Pediatric, Geriatric, and Obstetrical Trauma
Section IV: Medical Emergencies
21. Pulmonary Emergencies
22. Cardiovascular Emergencies
23. Neurological Emergencies
24. Gastrointestinal Emergencies
25. Renal and Acid-Base Emergencies
26. Infectious Disease Emergencies
Section V: Special Considerations
27. Pediatric Medical Emergencies
28. Obstetrical/Gynecological Emergencies
29. Neonatal Emergencies and Transport
30. Environmental Emergencies
31. Diving Emergencies
32. Toxicological Emergencies
33. Weapons of Mass destruction
34. Organ Donation and Retrieval
Section VI: Issues in Critical Care Transport
35. Quality Management
36. Communications and Documentation
37. The Critical Care Paramedic in the Hospital Environment
